It's time for an energetic response from Theresa May over the fate of Moorside nuclear power station

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The Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria, near where the £10bn Moorside plant would be builtCredit:
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The Government’s silence over the future of the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria is deafening. Just as ministers dithered over the fate of Port Talbot’s steel-making, and reacted slowly to concerns over the future of Vauxhall’s car plants, and seemed unsure how to respond to a takeover bid for Unilever, Downing Street has, again, failed to react decisively in an industrial crisis.

Instead, I am told, Greg Clark, the Energy Secretary, hasn’t even been in touch with US nuclear giant Westinghouse despite very real concerns that its bankruptcy threatens to derail plans to build Britain’s biggest nuclear energy plant. It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.